During 54-year-old Lakhvi's bail case the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday, the prosecution informed that the "two countries had demanded handing over of Lakhvi to India". However, the prosecution lawyer did not name the countries in the court.

However, an Interior Ministry source informed that the US and the UK had asked the Nawaz government to hand over Lakhvi either to India in order to "improve ties" with the neighbouring country or to them for his "independent trial" as several nationals of different countries were killed in the the 2008 Mumbai attack.

The prosecution also requested the division bench of IHC headed by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui to expedite the case. On this, Saddiqui remarked, "Shift the case to the military court if the government is in such a hurry."

The judge also said handing Lakhvi over to any country was a "diplomatic issue" concerning the government and the court had nothing to do with it.